Gulzared! Part 2 Contd...

Now moving on to the main version of the song. This song has a proper metal-rock kind of composition. Initially starting with vocals taking the center stage and then gradually the accompaniments taking over specially the guitar and the drums. There is some rap also inlaid into the song whose lyrics are pretty hard to decipher but overall it gives an amazing quality to the song. Special mention here for K.K. who has done an amazing job with his voice giving so many different textures to it in a single song!

3. O Mama - K.K. , Clinton Cerejo (Rap)

O mama ...... O mama ...... O mama ...... O mama ......
दिल से ही अब सोचता है दिल मेरा,
O mama, O mama,
सर को अक्सर नोचता है दिल मेरा,
O mama, O mama,
अब खैर तो नहीं,कोई बैर तो नहीं,
दुश्मन जी ये मेरा,वो भी गैर तो नहीं,
जो दिल गया गया..................
O mama, O mama,
O mama.....कन्चे मारे,
बिल्ली जैसी आँखों वाली,
एक म्याऊँ सी लड़की,
O mama, O mama,
ऊँघे कभी, सूंघे कभी, झांके कभी,
आऊं कभी, कभी जाऊं सी लड़की,
O mama, O mama.

ऐसे दबे पाँव आये वो की चाप न हो,
O mama, O mama,
ख्वाब में मिल जाये लेकिन वो ख्वाब न हो,
O mama, O mama,
उम्मीद तो नहीं, फिर भी उम्मीद हो,
कोई तो इस तरह आशिक शहीद हो,
कोई गया गया ..........
O mama, O mama,
O mama.... कन्चे मारे,
बिल्ली जैसी आँखों वाली,
एक म्याऊँ सी लड़की,
O mama, O mama,
ऊँघे कभी, सूंघे कभी, झांके कभी,
आऊं कभी, कभी जाऊं सी लड़की,
O mama, O mama,
O mama.................

The acoustic version deals more with the beauty of the beloved whereas this version describes the state of the lover who is hopelessly, truly, madly, deeply in love with the beloved.

He is cursing his heart, saying that all his thinking processes are carried out by his heart only and not his brain. His heart overpowers his brain and does not allow the brain to function normally being enchanted by the beloved. His heart has become his own enemy and now he has lost it to the beloved and can't be saved. And over that he can't do anything about it because after-all it is his own heart!

The next few lines are the same as in the acoustic version and describes the beauty that the beloved is using weird similes and situations which I have tried to explain in the previous post.

In the next para, the poet is describing the wishful thinking of the lover. The lover yearns that the beloved comes to her tip toeing (so that he is not aware of her approach) while he is dreaming of meeting her implying that although he is meeting her in a dream but she is not a dream but a reality! Just Amazing play of words! Further the poet says there is no hope for him, but let beloved be there as hope. And he wishes one of the lovers will get martyred in this way.
Some heavy stuff indeed!
Hats off to you Sir!

Gulzared! Part -2

Its time for the next song in the 7 Khoon Maaf series. This song is called 'O Mama'. There are two versions of this song - one acoustic and the other normal one. This song is sort of a bollywood's tribute to the Rock genre. This song truly gives meaning to the genre called Indy-rock which can be said to have started with 'Rock On'.
Both versions are magically rendered by K.K., with him giving the perfect feeling to the words of Gulzar.

First we get down to the acoustic version. This is a mellowed down version with vocals taking the main focal point with just a guitar as accompaniment.

2. O Mama (Acoustic) - K.K.

गोल बनाकर होंठ, बहुत पास आये पर,
O mama, O mama,
उनके लब ही देखते रह गए चाय पर,
O mama, O mama,
टकराए होंठों से फिर भी उम्मीद हो,
कोई तो इस तरह आशिक शहीद हो,
कोई गया ..... गया ......
O mama, O mama,
O mama, कन्चे मारे,
बिल्ली जैसी आँखों वाली, एक म्याऊँ सी लड़की,
O mama, O mama,
ऊँघे कभी, सूंघे कभी, झांके कभी,
आऊं कभी, कभी जाऊं सी लड़की,
O mama, O mama.


Well, it is very difficult to pin down the particular meaning of this song because here Gulzar has used so many weird similes and situations. However, over a broad perspective, this song tends to describe the stunning beauty that the beloved is.
The lover has been called over to the beloved's house on tea. He gathers all his courage and goes near the beloved with an intent to kiss her, but is hypnotized by her and just keeps on looking at her lips. The next two lines are pretty confusing and may be related to a situation in the movie so will not go into detail on that. Next few lines describes the mischievousness of the beloved as the lover compares her eyes to that of a cat's and beloved herself to the meow of a cat! Pretty weird comparisons here! Probably because the cat is the most feline and graceful of all animals and is always associated with mystery and darkness!

I initially planned to cover both the versions of the song in the same post but I am facing some technical difficulties with the Devanagari conversion function of the blog. So, I am taking the normal version of O Mama to a new post.